σκώψ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pre-Greek.[1] Folk etymology tends to connect this with σκώπτω (skṓptō) and σκέπτομαι (sképtomai).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκώψ (skṓpsm (genitive σκωπός); third declension

  1. a small owl

Declension

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1365

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